Personal Empowerment

So often, we spend our time pursuing our goals and dreams, and we think we know what’s best for us. We believe that what we strive for is the best option because it is what we so desperately want. But sometimes things can happen that prevent us from getting what we want, and it leads […]

Something I’ve learned to own about myself over the last 16 years is that I am really good at helping people integrate. If you’ve listened to the show, done the mindset work, and found it isn’t working, you’re likely wondering what you’re missing. But it’s not that you’re doing it wrong, there needs to just […]

Doing meaningful work is something that is really important to me. We all have the opportunity to do meaningful work, but often when we search for meaning and purpose, we can create magical thinking and dream of magical, happy endings. Magical thinking appears in many of the good intentions we have, but it doesn’t always […]

Travel is a great teacher for me. It gets me out of my comfort zone and teaches me a lot about myself. But sometimes, it can bring me anxiety. I recently went on a solo trip to Italy, something I had been so looking forward to. Right before the trip, I woke up in a […]

We are sweet 16! How She Really Does It is celebrating its 16th birthday, and to celebrate, I am joined this week by the incredible woman behind the podcast. This is the woman I’ve talked about over the years, and I have often shared how she is the voice and person behind the story of […]

As you know, I recently went on vacation where I spent two and a half weeks with my family on an action-oriented trip with lots going on, followed by some downtime with my husband in Mexico. I couldn’t wait to get to Mexico to rest and restore, and the whole week was designed for me […]

While I was on vacation, we went biking as a family. My kids have biked their whole lives, we feel really comfortable, and I am proud that my family has such a great skillset when it comes to this. I have two collegiate athlete daughters, aged 20 and 22. They are young, fit, strong, and […]

We learn so much from other people’s stories. These are the windows of possibility that enable us to envision what we could have in our own lives. And there are also the highlight reels.  Since I got back from my time off, everyone has been asking how my vacation was. I could say that it […]

Life is a classroom, and there are always opportunities to continue learning. For me, August led to a lot of learning and insights as well as my re-entry back to work after some time off. So over the next few episodes, I’ll be unpacking everything I learned in August. When we are struggling with something, […]

A lot of us are good at struggling. We know how to do it, we work really hard with grit and resilience, and it is familiar to us. One of the things that can happen to us as humans is our strengths can become our weaknesses. We know how to work hard and struggle, but […]

Do you know that you are someone who you can trust to get things done for you? You’ve often heard me say that your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship in your life. It’s the foundation for everything else. We have been culturally programmed to believe we must put ourselves last. We take […]

Do you remember those carefree days of being 11? There was so much time to squander, nothing to do, and no stress; the days were magical and amazing. As we grow, we find ourselves with more to do, more responsibility, and less of the freedom we had in the summer of 11. We long for […]

Do you have the weight of the world on your shoulders? Do you take on more than your share of responsibility?  My clients are people who deeply care and take on a huge amount of responsibility, but predominantly doing what serves other people and not what you need or desire can have great impacts further […]

It is so important that we love all parts of ourselves: our strengths and our weaknesses, our beauty and imperfections, our blind spots and undesirable qualities. Brené Brown further supports this when she states that we must own our stories and love ourselves. Yet, despite all this, a question I get asked a lot as […]

About 10 to 12 years ago, I saw a sign that I loved and I bought it. It is still in my kitchen because it contained such an important quote for me to remember. It was a sign that says “We can do hard things.” I have always done hard things. But over the years, […]

Before I started this show back in the early 2000s, I naively thought that successful people were the chosen ones. I thought that we all had something we needed to learn to discover their secrets so we could have the life they have. But since then, I’ve come to learn that this isn’t the case. […]

Life is relentless. We need to make sure we fill ourselves up with things that delight us, and a way to do this is to save our money to buy things that light us up. Budgeting often feels restrictive, but it doesn’t have to feel this way. Having money set aside gives you the freedom […]

I spend a lot of time with people. I have the tremendous privilege of learning a great deal from researchers, but also from the people in my life – both adults and children. So often we’re trying to be productive, or be a good parent, and we don’t allow uncertainty. But sometimes uncertainty is where […]

Do you find yourself working really hard? Do you believe your effort is only valuable if it’s hard? The world we’re living in has lots of obstacles, and life is hard. It can be relentless, and for those of us who are or have been perfectionists, it can feel even harder. The truth is, life […]

How do you want to live your life? What do you want life to look like? How can you do it in your way? I believe there are many ways to live life. There are many journeys for all of us to take. And we can learn from other people to see what is possible […]

What are you waiting for? So often, we know what we want, but we tell ourselves, “Someday, but not right now.” Whether it’s traveling, buying something you truly want, or even just switching off from the world and spending time with family or friends, what are you waiting for? I recorded this on the week […]

Everybody has different ingredients for what lights them up and feels good. We also have a lot of cultural programming about what’s allowed. 10 years ago I didn’t know how to ask for what I wanted for myself. I could do it for others, but not for myself, and it was due to my own […]

Summer is here for many of us, and I can already hear what’s in the back of so many women’s heads: What will I wear? There is a lot of cultural programming as well as systems in place that were created to make us think a specific way about ourselves and our bodies. We fall […]

I am turning 50 next month, and I’m pretty excited about it. When I used to think about 50, it meant old. But what it really means now as I almost reach it is so different. As I enter my 50th year, there is one priority that I am focusing on: myself. When it comes […]

Years ago, it became apparent that lots of parents in the swimming community were concerned about their children being burned out. I didn’t really understand it much, so I decided to ask an expert for their opinion. I attended an event where I came across a thought leader in the swimming world, so I raised […]